On This Day in History July 23, 2018

Historical Events 1215  Frederick II crowned King of the Romans (King of the Germans) in Aachen 1829  American William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter) 1840  Union Act passed by British Parliament, uniting Upper & Lower Canada 1944  Conference of Bretton Woods signed; IMF operations begin 1995  Comet Hale-Bopp is discovered and becomes visible to the naked eye nearly a year later More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Alison Krauss 47th Birthday Haile Selassie (1892 - 1975) Monica Lewinsky 45th Birthday Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967 - 2014) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Amy Winehouse (1983 - 2011) Ulysses S. Grant (1822 - 1885) More Famous Deaths